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Indonesia furniture industry to get more government support

02 June 2021
Indonesia’s Minister of Industry, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, said the performance of the country’s furniture sector was very encouraging and as a result it will get more support from the government. Source: Tropical Timber Market Report Furniture exports in 2020 increased by around 8
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Blockchain comes to forestry in pilot program

02 June 2021
Information Technology is playing an important role in evolving FSC’s toolset to protect its reputation and credibility, strengthen assurance, and to combat fraudulent trade claims. Source: Timberbiz FSC has now expanded its capabilities to detect and respond to risks to include more
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25 points of improvement for Komatsu C-heads

02 June 2021
From today the cutting unit on all Komatsu C-heads, Constant Cut, will benefit an upgraded design. The upgrade contains no less than 25 points and represents a number of improvements for customers, both in terms of increased productivity and better flow in the production. Source: Timb
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Founding staff member of Multinail retires

02 June 2021
One of the founding staff members of Multinail, Mark Ford, has retired from the industry after almost 40 years of service. Source: Timberbiz Mr Ford joined Multinail from Hasting’s Trusses in the late ’80s and was involved deeply in all aspects training and supporting fabricators that
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Uni of Tas with industry develop first professional timber design course

02 June 2021
The University of Tasmania has partnered with industry to develop Australia’s first professional course specialising in timber design and construction to help meet this demand. The Master of Professional Engineering (Timber Design) is offered for study from Semester 2, July 2021. Sour
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From a forest in PNG to a floor in Sydney: China getting rich off Pacific timber

02 June 2021
China is the major buyer of wood from Pacific nations like PNG and Solomon Islands, which are implicated in illegal or unsustainable logging. An illegally logged tree, felled in the diminishing forests of Papua New Guinea, may well end up becoming floorboards in a Sydney living room,
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Hazard reduction burns in Jacks Creek

02 June 2021
A hazard reduction burn covering close to 1000 hectares will take place in Jacks Creek State Forest south of Narrabri in New South Wales if conditions are suitable. Forestry Corporation of NSW District Manager for the Northern Cypress District, Conan Rossler, advised that the hazard r
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Record levels for building approvals three months in a row

02 June 2021
Detached building approvals reached a record level for the third consecutive month in April. The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its monthly building approvals data for detached and multi-units data covering all states and territories. Source: Timberbiz “There is an
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NZ Whakatane Mill saved by experienced consortium

02 June 2021
SIG Combibloc (SIG) has agreed to the sale of New Zealand’s Whakatāne Mill Limited (WML) to a consortium of investors who will enable the mill to continue to operate. The consortium is led by Dr Dermot Smurfit who, together with other European consortium members, has extensive experie
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Emergency summit today in SA to halt timber shortage crisis

02 June 2021
An emergency summit was being held in Adelaide this morning with all key housing industry stakeholders in an attempt to develop a blueprint to avoid the timber shortage crisis from worsening. Source: Timberbiz Those invited to attend the summit, organised by SA-Best MLCs Connie Bonaro
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